Saudi Arabia’s telecoms regulator said Tuesday it will allow BlackBerry messenger services to continue to operate in the kingdom, after phone companies satisfied some of its regulatory requirements.

The decision was made due to “positive developments in the completion of part of the regulatory requirements on the part of service providers,” the country’s Communication and Information Technology Commission (CITC) said in an emailed statement.

The CITC did not specify what the regulatory requirements were, but said it “decided to allow the continuation of BlackBerry messenger services” while it “continues to work with service providers to complete the remainder of the regulatory requirements.”

The CITC previously delayed its decision on the proposed ban on Blackberry’s instant messaging service until the end of Monday, instead of last Friday, giving the kingdom’s mobile operators and the maker of device, Canada’s Research In Motion (RIM), time to test unspecified solutions.

RIM did not respond to Zawya Dow Jones’ requests for comment Tuesday.

The Saudi regulator did not mention whether it reached a final agreement with RIM to address its national security concerns.

The CITC and local phone operators reached a preliminary agreement with RIM over the weekend to use local data servers, people familiar with the talks said Saturday.

“RIM and the telecom firms have come up with solutions which pleased the regulator,” an official at one Saudi-based mobile operator said. “CITC will now be able to monitor communications via messenger services. But migrating to the new system will take weeks,” he added.

Spokesman for the CITC, Sultan al Malik, declined to comment when asked about the agreement, but told Zawya Dow Jones that “the BlackBerry ban issue is over.”

The latest development came as governments agitate for more access to secure data handled by the smartphone device. It also raised hopes that a similar accord could soon be reached between smartphone maker RIM and the United Arab Emirates, which said it plans to suspend BlackBerry services, citing national security concerns.

“Middle Eastern countries might demand equal treatment to Saudi Arabia although some might not necessarily follow the same route,” said John Sfakianakis, chief economist at Riyadh-based Banque Saudi Fransi-Credit Agricole. “RIM gained additional popularity and it’s a win-win for both Saudi Arabia and the Canadian BlackBerry maker.”

Waterloo, Ontario-based RIM came under pressure from authorities in Saudi Arabia, the UAE and several other countries in the region to provide greater access to the encrypted information sent by its devices.

Middle East governments were targeting RIM because its BlackBerry services allow unusually high levels of encryption, and because — unlike other smartphone makers — RIM routes the data through its own server networks, the biggest of which is in Canada.